Obama: ‘We Tortured Some Folks’ — President Obama eschewed the opaque language of his predecessor on Friday and acknowledged that the United States engaged in “torture” after 9/11. — Obama made the comment while discussing CIA Director John Brennan, who was forced to apologize to members …

It's About the Lying — John Brennan at the Council on Foreign Relations on March 11, 2014. Photo credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images — I don't want to understate how seriously wrong it is that the CIA searched Senate computers. Our constitutional order is seriously out of whack …

Obama: ‘We tortured some folks’ — President Barack Obama on Friday defended CIA Director John Brennan and acknowledged the agency tortured prisoners after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. — “I have full confidence in John Brennan,” Obama said at a White House news conference.

Pelosi Chases Republican Tom Marino Across House Chamber — In an unusual breach of decorum, even for the divided Congress, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi chased Rep. Tom Marino across the House floor, taking offense at comments by the Pennsylvania Republican during debate on the border funding bill Friday night.

An upending of reason in the House — After conservatives on Thursday brought down House Speaker John Boehner's bill to address the border crisis, the new House Republican leadership team issued a joint statement declaring that President Obama should fix the problem himself.

Call about suspicious car led Westlake police to Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald and an unidentified woman in 2012, records show — The Mayo Society of Greater Cleveland identifies the woman in this photo as Joanne Grehan, who was found by Westlake Police in a parked car …

The Most Dangerous Moment in Gaza — It is too early to say anything definitive about the Hamas decision to apparently break the ceasefire and attack an Israeli position, except that if it is true, as reports indicate, that Hamas militants came through a tunnel and carried underground …

Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: July 2014 — Liz Hamel and Jamie Firth and Mollyann Brodie … Unfavorable Views Of ACA Increase In July — After remaining steady for several months, the share of the public expressing an unfavorable view of the health care law rose to 53 percent in July …

Knowledge Isn't Power — One of the best insults I've ever read came from Ezra Klein, who now is editor in chief of Vox.com. In 2007, he described Dick Armey, the former House majority leader, as “a stupid person's idea of what a thoughtful person sounds like.”

Attorney General Eric Holder Speaks at the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers 57th Annual Meeting and 13th State Criminal Justice Network Conference — Thank you, Norman [Reimer], for those kind words - and for your exemplary leadership as Executive Director of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

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